Ozzy Osbourne solo (vs) Black Sabbath w/ Ozzy (vs) Black Sabbath w/ Dio

[Gracee]

Ill say no more..

[poisonkisses4me]

I tend to copy quotes as a reply reference more than using the quote.

[Lourdes Q]

As I said before- I much prefer Ozzy-era Sabbath. However the albums with Dio were still very very good. How can any Metal fan not love 'Falling Off The Edge Of The World'?

[littledogcb]

just as no one wants to applaud the awful junk they put out with ian gillan

[DSiRoxx]

I actually have the Ian Gillan album 'Born Again'.
I would class it as 'awful junk' though.
I dont mind it but it ranks lower than most other Sabbath albums.
To me Ian Gillan (as much as I love Deep Purple & he is a cracking vocalist)
he just isnt suited to Black Sabbath.

[Klive]

Oh come on, there are so many riRAB and songs that are amazing by R.R and Z.W, but if we're judging on skill, then its Zakk and Randy, (others are Buckethead, Yngwie, and Satch)

But if we're going on memorable riRAB then I still say Zakk and Randy.

Remeraber, we're not judging by inspirational content, because Iommi's inspired millions. We're judging by skill.

[robm425]

A hell of a lot of people may same the same to you regarding listening to any Ozzy solo album over Sabbath.

[Carol R]

Ozzy era Sabbath > Ozzy solo > Dio era Sabbath

Nothing against Dio, I love his work with Rainbow and some of his solo stuff, and while he had some good stuff with Sabbath it's a bit too much on the generic side for me, it doesn't really sound like Sabbath and I consider it a completely different band.

Ozzy's solo stuff may have been more commercial, but it's still the Oz and you can't confuse it with anything else. The Blizzard of Ozz is great fun metal record. RhoaRAB really was a great player, had a beastly tone and his solos sound like the sky should collapse from their metal awesomeness.

Zakk Wydle can just f*ck off. I can't get over how much of a raging douchebag he is. He doesn't impress me as a guitarist, he hardly does anything that ever approaches listenability, there is never a f*cking moment when this guy feels that a pinch harmonic wouldn't fit in there somehow.

Oh yeah, and he's a TERRIBLE songwriter, listen to this sh*t (or try anyway).

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And this guy had the audacity to call Cobain a hack. :laughing:

[Mr. Suave]

No one can quite make there guitar scream quite like him tho.

Wayfarer: And sure it may get old watching his solo's o on for hours but he has done a ton of work for other artists thats all different and fantastic.

[Helena! :)]

What's worse was during that tour with Gillen they played Smoke On The Water during the encores